Slip-over style of outer garment



May 31, 1949. w. A. RIGGS SLIP-OVER STYLE OF OUTER GARMENTS Filed Oct.5, 1946 //v I/f/VTOR: Wa/fer A R1 I! v A T TOP/V1? 4 Patented May 31,1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SLIP-OVER STYLE F OUTER GARMENT WalterA. Riggs, Everett, Wash.

Application October 5, 1946, Serial No. 701,456

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in outer garments, particularlyshirts for sport usage, although the invention lends itself equally wellto coats, and for its general object aims to provide a slip-over garmentwhich gives extreme freedom for passing the same over the head and yetgives to the wearer the relatively snug neck fit which a dressyappearance demands.

To the above ends, the invention consists in the new design of aslip-over garment having a one-piece front and with the collar of thegarment being unattached, from the standpoint of a permanent stitching,to this front part of the garment along one side of the neck, thegarment being further characterized in that the frontal edge of one sideof an employed yoke piece, and

namely the side which corresponds in point of its position to the looseend of the collar, is separably connected to the upper margin of thefront, and in consequence of this separation permits the neck opening tobe expanded to a very wide compass and thus allowing the shirt to bepassed with case over the head of the wearer.

The invention further consists in the novel construction, combinationand adaptation of the parts of the garment, and the garment as a whole,hereinafter described and claimed.

A sport shirt constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment ofthe invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 isa fragmentary front elevational view confined to that part of thegarment, and namely neck and shoulders, with which the present inventionis concerned, and illustrating the hirt as it appears in use upon thewearer.

Fig. 2 is likewise a fragmentary front elevational view, but hereshowing the neck opening as having been widened to the maximum expanseof its permitted enlargement preparatory to donning the shirt; and

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 excepting that the parts are shown asthey appear after closing the neck opening and preparatory to turningover the pull-down fiap of the collar.

Referring to said drawings, the garment which I have elected toillustrate is a sleeved sport shirt of 1a collar-attached type, producedfro any suitable material and preferably comprised, insofar as the bodyof the shirt is concerned, of a front, a back, and a yoke, and Idesignate these parts by the numerals 5, '6, and 1, respectively. Theback and the yoke part are or may be fashioned in the usual manner andare connected, also as is customary, by a horizontal line of stitching8. The front of the garment is of onepiece construction and is formedwith a reentrant V-cut placed central to the length of the upper edge,and this V-cut, when the front, back and yoke are together, registerswith a complementary reentrant cut placed central to the length of theyoke, the two registering cuts producing the neck opening for the shirt.In sewing the front part 5 to the yoke piece I, a line of stitching, as9, runs from on sleeve [0 coextensive of the length of the relatedshoulder, but from the other side of the neck opening to the othersleeve H the said front and yoke are unattached for the greater part ofthe length to produce a shoulder gap. The resulting free edge I2 of thegarments front part and the oppositely placed free edge l3 of the yoke1, and, namely, the two edges which describe the margins of the shouldergap, are each finished with a suit-able hem and there is attach-ed tothese hemmed edges the usual tooth-carrying webs which form the matingcomplements of a zi er-type fastening. The two lines of zipper teeth(see Fig. 2) are denoted M and I5, and the traveler with itsfingerengaged tab which operates to lock and unlock the teeth isdesignated [6. The application of the zipper to the shoulder opening issuch, when the zipper is operated to draw the edges I2 and I3 togetherand thus close the shoulder opening, that the hemmed frontal margin ofthe yoke then substantially conceals the zipper, and this is to say thatthe yokes frontal edge performs a lapping function inrespect of thezipper when the latter is closed.

Completing my shirt is a turn-down collar arranged to extend about theopening, and while a major part of this collar is, fixedly attached tothe body proper 0f the garment, the garment is peculiarized in that anend of the collar is left free. This free end isthe end which traversesthe shoulder opening, and its length approximates the length of the freeside I '8 of the necks V-cut. The free part of the collar is comprisedof two foldably associated wings 20 and 2d, the one fold 20 constitutinga free prolongation of the collars attached neck band 22, and the otherfold 2| a free prolongation of the collars attached turn-down flap 23.When the garment is being worn, these two wing folds are adapted one tooverlie and the other to underlie the v- -cuts free edge l8, and thecomplements of a snap fastening, as 24 and '25, are affixed to thegarments front part 5 and to the extreme outer end of the wing 20 fordetachably securing the one to the other.

When it is desired to don the garment, and

in order that the same may be easily slipped over the head, it becomesnecessary only that the wearer disengage the snap element 24 from thesnap element 25 and lay the free end of the collar iback coincident withthe act of unzipping the shoulder gap. After the garment has been passedover the head, the reverse procedure is performed and the garment thenhas substantially the appearance in which it is illustrated in Fig. 1.

It is thought that my improved slip-over garment will be clear from theforegoing. It is pointed out, however, that while I have described myinvention in substantially the exact manner in which I now prefer toproduce the'same, I do not intend to confine myself to this preciseconstruction. It is believed to be quite obvious that some variation maybe made, and I therefore intend that the claims shall be read with onlysuch limitations as are expressly introduced thereto to distinguish thepresent invention from prior knowledge in the art.

What I claim is:

1. A shirt of the slip-over type providing a neck opening in thebody-proper of the garment, and having, a, pull-down collar attachedpermanentlyto the body proper of the shirt through a portion only of thelength of the collar and such as to leave one end of the collar free,said free end being comprised of a neck band arranged to underlie and aturned-down flap arranged to overlie the body proper of the shirt alongthe related margin of the neck opening, said neck band having the planconfiguration of an elongated tetragon and being unattached to any partof the shirt other than the flap with said attachment extending onlyalong the long side of the tetragonal figure, one shoulder of the shirthaving a closeable gap leading laterally as a reentrant slit fromtheneck opening and originating at a point approximately coinciding withthe juncture of the free with the attached portions of the collar.

2. A shirt of the slip-over type providing a neck opening in the bodyproper of the garment, and having a pull-down collar attachedpermanently to the body proper of the shirt through a portion only ofthe length of the collar and such as to leave one endof the collar free,said free end being comprised of a neck band arranged to underlie and aturn-down flap arranged to overlie the body proper of the shirt alongthe related margin of the neck opening, said neck band having the planconfiguration of an elongated tetragon and being uattached to ay part ofthe shirt other than the flap with said attachment extending only alongthe long side of the tetragonal figure and with the angle which liesbetween said attached side and the outermost end edge being obtuse, oneshoulder of the shirt having a closeable gap leading laterally as areentrant slit from the neck opening and originating at a pointapproximately coinciding with the juncture of the free with the attachedportions of the collar.

3. A shirt of the slip-over type providing meeting waist andshoulder-yoking sections acting together to provide a neck opening, andhaving a pull-down collar for the neck opening permanently attachedthrough only a portion of the length of the collar leaving an end free,said free end being comprised of a neck band arranged to underlie and aturn-down flap arranged to overlie the related margin of the neckopening, said neck-band part of the collars free portion having the planconfiguration of an elongated tetragon and being unattached to any partof the shirt other than the flap with said attachment extending onlyalong the long side of the tetragonal figure, the shirt being formed topresent a closeable'gap leading laterally as a reentrant slit from theneck opening and originating at a point approximately coinciding withthe juncture of the free with the attached portion of the collar, andfastening devices for closing the gap provided along the meeting edgesof the latter, one of the two meeting. edges which produce said shouldergap presenting a flap arranged, when said fastening devices arefastened, to project as a fly over and beyond the fastening device forconcealing the fastening devices.

4. A shirt of the slip-over type providing meet ing waist andshoulder-yoking sections acting together to provide a neck opening, andhaving'a pull-down collar attached permanently to the body proper of theshirt through only a portion of the length of the collar leaving an endfree, said free end being comprised of a neck band arranged to underlieand a turn-down flap arranged to overlie the related margin of the neckopening, the shirt being formed to present a closeable gap leadinglaterally as a reentrant slit from the neck opening and having thecomponents of a zipper fastening provided along the meeting edges ofsaid closeable gap arranged, when zipped for closing, to work in thedirection of the neck opening, and also providing a flap arrangedwhensaid zipper is zipped into closed condition, to project as a fly overand beyond the closed zipper to substantially conceal both components ofsaid zipper fastening, said closeable gap originating at a pointapproximately coinciding with the juncture ofv the free with theattached portion of the collar and extending along a line parallel, orapproximately parallel, with the crest of the ga'rments shoulder.

WALTER A. RIGGS.

REFERENCES CITED- The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UN ITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 258,041 Faxon May 16, 18822,010,349 Cooper Aug. 6,1935

FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 513,406 Great Britain Oct. 11, 1939

